Posted on 03/18/2018 11:33:42 AM PDT by Simon Green
The new nightly fees could really add up.
Gather all the pixie dust you can, because Walt Disney World hotels will soon begin charging guests for overnight parking. Pricing, which varies based on Walt Disney World Resort’s three hotel categories, will begin with reservations starting March 21, 2018.
Overnight self-parking at value resorts, including Disney’s Art of Animation, Disney’s Pop Century, and All-Star resort hotels will cost $13. Moderate hotels like Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort and Disney’s Port Orleans will charge $19 each night, and both Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villas, which includes Disney’s Contemporary, Grand Floridian, and Polynesian Resorts among others, will charge $24 for standard self-parking. (Valet parking, available at select resorts, will increase from $25 to $33 nightly.)
Disney hotel guests will continue to park for free at Walt Disney World theme parks, and guests visiting Disney hotels — either to walk around Disney’s Boardwalk, dine at California Grill, or see the savannah at Animal Kingdom Lodge — will not be charged at all.
The change is intended to align Walt Disney World resort hotels with other full-service hotels in the industry and other domestic resort practices, according to a Disney spokesperson. Over on the west coast, Disneyland hotels charge $20 for self-parking and $30 for valet each night, with flat rates applying to day guests as well, but it’s visually justified. The Anaheim-based theme park is famously tight on space whereas Walt Disney World, which is spread across over 40 square miles, has more room.
Though surrounding hotels not operated by Disney often tend to charge for self-parking, the swift change is surprising, adding as much as $168 to a family’s week-long Disney World vacation. Families visiting Disney World, particularly those with younger children, often opt to have a car during their vacation and drive to the theme parks for comfort and ease, regardless of if they arrived by plane. Disney bus transportation can be convenient but often time consuming, and with only collapsible strollers being allowed on the vehicle, can be challenging for larger groups.
There is one kind of traveler who won’t have to pay for parking anywhere at Walt Disney World: Disney Vacation Club members. Participants in the timeshare-style program will receive complimentary overnight parking while staying at DVC Deluxe Villas — which include luxurious apartment-style rooms — or when paying with points to stay at any Walt Disney World hotel.
Walt Disney World has been dedicated to finding alternative revenue streams in the past few years, but many come in the form of optional vacation add-ons, like Early Morning Magic breakfasts or Disney After Hours events, and don’t affect regular guests. Beyond annual increases to theme park admission and Disney World parking, there have been few upcharges affecting visitors across the board until now.
I love Disneyland with kids. We had annual passes for years when my older kids were little. But it is all too expensive now, it can’t even be a once yearly thing. We went in Feb. it was so fun but so short. We didn’t get to see much, but the weather and crowd was great.
Wont affect me, dont go there.
Vacations with mountainous lines of people everywhere is not “vacation” for me.
coming right along. My daughter is a manager in anaheim and strangely is not a pervert, to the best of my knowledge.
Disney has been a complete rip off for more than a decade now... just one more thing
The only enchantments Disney casts now a days are evil enchantments. They befuddle minds with a glamour that makes people willing to, nay clamor to fork over their hard earned cash to be overcharged to park, then for entry to a venue so crowded that they can hardly move let alone enjoy more than a few attractions, so over charged for food and souvenirs as to be comparable to rape (though not rape rape).
And then there is the other Disney, the Disney of TV that used to take us on adventures of nature, imagination and family. The only place that Disney takes our children now is to the land of perversion and a family that is imagined as weak with parents that are gullible and easily fooled by children that are so much smarter than the parents that the lesson taught is that children don't have to listen to parents and adults because children are smarter and should be able to do what they want.
What’s Dizzy World?
“Disney” began 94 years ago. Why did/do parents feel it necessary to baptize their children into its religion (which is a lot older than Disney)?
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Doesn’t affect parents who are able to say NO! to their children (i.e., the ones willing to spank).
Whoops, I guess it does affect most American parents.
I read it to mean that if you drive from the hotel to the park (rather than taking the free shuttle bus) you won’t be charged a second fee at the park in addition to the one you’ll be paying at the hotel.
What I don’t understand is why they are nickle and diming on this instead of just jacking up the room rates.
Of all the bullbleep extra ripoff charges, this is the one that loses our patronage
This won't affect as many people as a room rate increase. A lot of people staying on-site don't have a car.
A guest with a car is more likely to drive off reservation and spend money elsewhere. Disney wants a captive audience.
side story circa 1980s. Christmas Break Disney World FLSA Disney employees fired today for parking prank. 5 disney parking employees were dismissed today for parking all red rental cars in one area. Puzzled guests took up to 2 hours to find vehicles after spending all day in the park and became impatient as their children cried from exhaustion. Disney would not release the employee names saying personnel matters are confidential.
Not too far outside the WDW gate is the Marriott World Resort where I have been 5 times to a conference. I can confirm Marriott definitely charges overnight guests for parking. It messed with my mind the first time but joining their rewards club reduced the cost plus got the points for the stay.
I go because I find it immensely entertaining. It's a good use of my discretionary income.
In most cities major hotels charge for parking. At Pier 39 in SF you can pay 40 a day to park and shop and give your money to them at high prices. SF and LA hotels and others are horrible and I would guess NY and DC. Haven’t been to them recently
That's the key. I haven't been in years, but when we did, we had a car so we could do other things other places, including buying groceries...both during our Disney stay, and afterwards when transferring to a different part of the vacation. We always took a day or so to travel to Canaveral, or spent a day travelling around the Orlando area.
Walt Disney would be sickened in what Disney INC. has turned into.
Disney doesn’t get any of my money for any reason.
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